welcome to fox 5's sports xtra. >> i'm scott smith. welcome to sports xtra. it is a mark rabble stat. in the bill belichick -- a remarkable stat. in the bill belichick tom brady era, the patriots have never not been leading by the half. wouldn't you know, the ravens were aware of the stats and, in fact, had contributed to them and in last year's afc championship game trailing at the half the ravens lost to the patriots in foxboro, but tonight the ravens said enough

is enough. john harbaugh's gang with a chance to get even, they came into this one as 10-point underdogs. to the patriots in the 2nd quarter ray rice bouncing it outside, baltimore finding the end zone first and take the lead 7-3, but bill belichick is one of those best playoff home records of all time. you knew they'd have an answer and certainly they do. tom brady caps a 79-yard drive connecting with wes welker. rob gronkowski out of the game celebrating from the seats, pats with a six-point lead at the half, but 2nd half joe flacco to dennis pit that, ravens take the lead again 14 -- pitta, ravens retake the lead and don't look back. flacco 21 of 36, 240 yards passing, three touchdowns. three minutes later this not a rerun, an identical play. boldin back in the end zone,

his second touchdown catch of the game. ravens heading back to the super bowl for the first time since 2001. 28-13 and ray lewis thanking o.j. >> every day i tell o.j. you're my greatest motivation because we won a super bowl together and to see him fighting, no weapons against this team shall prosper and to see him here today holding this trophy, god is absolutely amazing. our team is awesome. our team is awesome. our coaches is awesome. our staff is awesome, our owner. imagine, i don't know if there's a better owner -- man, i don't know if there's a better owner in the nfl. our time. all these men out there, it might be just five of us here, but every man out there sacrificed this year for each other and, man, we did it, we did it, we did it! we're on our way to the super bowl. that's awesome. awesome. >> certainly is awesome. how about the nfc side,

9ers visiting atlanta and this was look like a blowout, matt ryan just on fire. someone might want to cover this guy, 7-0 falcons out front. this just a familiar connection. moments later ryan again pumps, delivers and jumps, goes up and gets it and keeps his feet inbounds, that even more remarkable, a 17-0 atlanta lead. last week they led by 20 and seattle made it interesting. how president 49ers coming back, collin caper -- how about the 49ers coming back, colin kaepernick making it interesting. matt ryan finding tony gonzalez right before the half and it's a 24-14 falcons lead at the break. the 49ers are not going away. frank gore, what a game, he's a tank! frank the tank at 24-21, falcons lead getting trimmed. again gore does it.

pounding the rock, finds his way into the end zone and this one just, yeah, that's for the local fans, the dirty birds. goal was huge, 90 yards. is in a 4th and 4. this is a -- this is a 4th and 4. this is the game for the atlanta falcons. they need a touchdown. this ball batted down. 9ers win 28-24. so it's john versus jim in the har-bowl, 9ers first super bowl appearance since 1995. >> first want to thank the players and the coaches on their tougherness and on their resolve, on their -- toughness and on their resolve, on their fight, did what we had to get done. we needed stops and drives in the 2nd half, want to thank them. also can't possibly tell you how much winning the george halas trophy means to me personally and thank the coaches and teams for helping me get that done. hello caps hockey, they

returned last night to the ice, a look back to the season opener and a look ahead to tuesday's home opener next on sports xtra. 

hockey officially opens on tuesday in d.c. as the caps play the jet at the verizon center. the caps proved the shortened training camp didn't do them any favors. this last night oates behind the bench for the first time as the new head coach for the capitals and who would score the first goal in the caps in the new season? how about the game seven hero from last year against boston joe ward? punches this home and we're all square 1-1. march from ward in the 2nd. caps down by a goal and once again ward ties it up and it's the backhand making it all square 2-2. in the 2nd period caps down 3-2 and the newcomer does some damage, mike ribeiro

with a shot on goal and a nifty save. then it's pounded home tied 3-3 in the 3rd. the caps end up losing their season opener 6-3. thanks tie 49er victory today a couple redskins are getting a free trip to hawaii, defenseman ryan kerrigan taking the place for alden smith. the other guy is 13 years his junior, linebacker london fletcher at 37 years of age. he will make his fourth consecutive pro bowl appearance taking the place of san francisco's patrick willis. fletch had an unbelievable year especially since he could barely walk by the end of it, a team high 188 tackles, a career high five interceptions. pro bowl is sunday, january 27th at aloha stadium in-low

low. if inhonolulu. one of the guys -- in honolulu. we sit down with redskins running back alfred morris next.

welcome back. alfred morris gave the redskins more than they could ever have imagined when they selected him. our own lindsay murphy sat down to talk with him about his

amazing first year with the burgundy and gold. >> i have a lot of heart and i'm going to go out there and leave it all on the field each and every day. i give it my all each play. i don't save it for the next play or next series. i always give it my all because it could be my last. >> reporter: alfred morris' last play is hopefully many years down the road. in his first year he set two redskins franchise records, his 1,613 yards the most in a single season and his 13 touchdowns are top by a rookie. >> i feel great that i'm just able to represent all underdogs because i've been an underdog my whole life and to represent them in such a large stage as the nfl and to be successful in it goes to show that anything is possible. hard work, determination, it pays on. >> reporter: your success this season is parallel to what robert griffin, iii did at his position. he's kind of the one that steals the spotlight and kind of the face. does it ever bother you that maybe you don't get as much as

your attention for your success or are you perfectly fine flying under the radar? >> i'm perfectly fine. i love flying under the radar. i don't play to be recognized. i'm glad robert is taking all the credit. he's the quarterback anyway. that's perfectly fine with me. i love flying under the radar. i play the game because i love it, not because i want to be recognized. i'm a bruiser. i can run over people at the same time and make people miss as well. >> reporter: the redskins finished with the league's top rushing offense. >> robert griffin, iii is already a legend and alfred morris is becoming one. >> never in a million years i would have thought he'd be my quarterback but just him being the quarterback definitely helped take pressure off me and helped took pressure off him. we worked together. it was perfect. we fell into the perfect position together and were able to be successful as rookies to lead our team to the postseason. >> reporter: redskins running back alfred morris set two franchise records this season, the sixth round pick sneaking

up on defenses in the nfl as he finished second in the league in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns, but for morris it's about the team and the ultimate goal, not the individual achievements. >> just work hard and try to do better next year, maybe set the bar a little higher with the rushing record or maybe even chase somebody else's record. we'll see what happens, but it's always team first. i'm just going to be better and try to better those around and try to come back a better teammate. >> reporter: lindsay murphy, fox 5 sports. >> sky is certainly the limit from that young man. thanks to dave ross, great job tonight as well. that will do it tonight. the wizards back in action tomorrow night still on the west coast at 10 p.m., a monday night visit to the portland trail blazers. thanks for watching. have a great night and a better monday.